Reviews
Midnight Snacks
An uneven but enjoyable show, pioneering a new way of delivering stand up comedy in the name of a good cause
Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life
Winning Canadian songsmith frequently hits a high note of excellent comedy
Harriet Kemsley: Honeysuckle Island
A combination of endearing awkwardness, risqué humour, and physical gags in a show about motherhood
Illegally Funny
Intelligent and hugely varied hour of excellent stand-up, delivered at a screwball pace
Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not
Likeable Welsh comic works best when embracing her weirder side
Tom Mayhew: Trash Rich
Hard-hitting stand-up points to the UK’s dangerous class divide
Alex Hylton: Love, Probably
Fluent and funny comic reflects on recent life events through a rom-com lens
Louise Leigh Amused
Refreshingly unselfconscious comedy about the perils of midlife
Mark Silcox: I Can Cure… [Perfect and Arena-Ready Show]
Same man, same show, leaves hardcore fans bitterly betrayed by its popularity
Josh Glanc: Vrooom Vrooom
Silly, sensational and cleverly organised hour of farce and laughter
Trash Salad
Exuberant and uncompromising burlesque clowning with a curiously sweet core
Manbo
High-energy homage to the action classics of the decade that taste forgot
Rhys Nicholson – Rhys! Rhys! Rhys!
Nicholson could regale the audience for hours with their appetite for drama
Joe Bates Speaks Truth to Power Tools
Decent hour of non-tubthumping political comedy from likable stand-up
Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic
Slightly uneven double-hander from two talented comics
Simon Brodkin: Screwed Up
Promising first half interrupted by an uncomfortable throwaway joke that pulls down the rest of the show
Danielle Walker: Nostalgia
Refreshingly warm comedy is bizarre and touching
Susan Riddell: Living My 2nd Best Life
Glaswegian makes the most out of her less-than-ideal circumstances